Abdomen Muscles

Abdomen Muscles

Learn the different parts of Abdomen
Muscles :

The rectus
abdominis, a long muscle extending along the length of the ventral
aspect of the abdomen. It originates in the area of the pubis and
inserts into the cartilage of the fifth, sixth, and seventh ribs.

Function : To flex the spinal column
and to draw the sternum toward the pelvis

The external obliques (obliquus
externus abdominis), muscles at each side of the torso attached to the
lower eight ribs and inserting at the side of the pelvis.

Function : To flex and rotate the
spinal column

The intercostals, two thin
planes of muscular and tendon fibers occupying the spaces between the
ribs.